Thursday 15th February - Flying Carpet Ride
A balmy infusion of Arabic and Middle Eastern beats. DJ andycan takes you for the ride of your life across North Africa and through the Middle East. Joined by an amazing selection of live percussionists and other musicians, the music moves from haunting ambient serenades through to pounding tribal beats to get your whole body moving.

DJ BNX (France) Friday 16th Feb: North Bazaar with the Uber Lingua Crew
DJ BNX (France) Saturday 17th Feb: Horse Bazaar with bP (UberLingua)
Hailing from France’s famous wine region of Bordeaux, DJ BNX will descend on Melbourne. Often mentioned in the same breath as names like Bugz In the Attic, Rainer Truby, Kyoto Jazz Massive and more, BNX is a member of the production outfit Zimpala.
As a DJ, BNX has amassed a vinyl collection of over 10,000 records, with his sound spanning a wide range of styles from Latin, Brazilian and jazz, through to house and electro. He’ll be supported by local renegade globalist bP(RRR, UberLingua).

Tuesday 20th February - Pecha Kucha Night
Pecha Kucha Night,is a place for young designers to meet, network, and show their work in public. These evenings are taking place in major cities across the globe.
Each presenter is allowed 20 images, each shown for 20 seconds each - giving 6 minutes 40 seconds of fame before the next presenter is up.
Melbourne's inaugural Pecha Kucha night was a roaring success with over 600 in attendance. Come and join this global phenomenon on 20th Feb at Pecha Kucha Vol 2.
Once again Horse Bazaar will be providing the panoramic projection set up.VENUE: The Blue Diamond Social Salon & Cabaret, Level 15, 123 Queen Street.
http://www.pecha-kucha.org/

Some Horse Bazaar Arts news

Digital Fringe 2007 is running again later this year. Running in conjunction with The Age Melbourne Fringe Festival - the dates are Wed 26 Sept – 14 Oct
www.digitalfringe.com.au for last years festival site

The Horse Bazaar prize for panoramic content will run again this year in July - big prizes for the panoramically inclined.

Movie release / The Host - release 8th March 2007
Personally, we haven't laughed out loud at a movie like this for a long time. In the coming weeks we will have 10 free passes to give away so stay tuned to our monthly newsletter for the chance to go in the running for free tickets.
The Host - Written and Directed by BONG Joon-ho.
The talk of the 2006 Cannes International Film Festival and the latest film from critically acclaimed visionary director BONG Joon-ho, THE HOST has already garnered a substantial amount of international buzz. Utilizing state-of-the-art special effects, courtesy of a creative partnership between Weta Workshop (King Kong, The Lord of the Rings) and The Orphanage (Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Sin City), THE HOST is both a creature-feature thrill ride and a poignant human drama.
Its also funny as shit.

Some content festivals on the horizon:

Mix & Mash
Creative Commons UK film competition Mix & Mash in association with Google UK invites short video submissions mixing and mashing digital content. Submissions can be made from the 8th of February to the 10th of March. The winners will be notified by the 12th of March and screened on the
16th of March at the Optronica National Film Theatre in London.
Deadline: 10 March 2007
More on http://neme.org/main/584/mix-and-mash

No Budget Film Festival
2nd International NoBudget Video Film festival Heilbronn/Weimar -
Deadline 1st of May 2007
WE want to show YOUR work!
WE = the different festival for independent filmmakers from everywhere.
The motto GELD SPIELT KEINE ROLLE (~money is not an issue/it's only money)is the key to our expectations of No Budget art and quality production. YOU = filmmaker of narrative or fiction films, independent in mind & approach, who wants to spread his original ideas among an enthusiastic audience. Be quick and send us your work! You'll find the entry form and more details on our homepage.
Deadline for entries is the 1st of May!
http://www.filmsharing.eu/

Filmaka
Filmaka.com is a new online competition, juried by award winning filmmakers including Werner Herzog, Neil LaBute, Paul Schrader and Wim Wenders, and founded by leading independent producers and financiers. Filmmakers have a new chance to
enter each month, and submissions are accepted in 10 different languages.After the success of its first two contests, Filmaka has launched its third contest 'Mistaken Identity'. Submissions are accepted till 27th February 2007.
February's topic is "Mistaken Identity," and all 1-3 minute films must be uploaded by midnight PST, February 27, 2007. The annual grand prize is a feature film contract.
Please visit www.filmaka.com to see past contest submissions, and for complete rules, terms and conditions. Membership is free for full time students: email collegeregistration@filmaka.com from your school issued email account for more information.

Slowtime 2007 -
Quicktime as an artistic medium
Call for entries
Deadline 31 March 2007
Cinematheque opens its new Cinema_C by launching a streaming video show, entitled” Slowtime 2007 - Quicktime as an artistic medium”.
Cinematheque is opening a centre for streaming media. in the framework of [NewMediaArtProjectNetwork]:||cologne - www.nmartproject.net
It is time again for exploring the current state of Quicktime and its use as a medium for artistic expressions.
Cinematheque is inviting artists, video and film makers to submit up to three videos in Quicktime format - originating from 2004 or later, preferably sized 480x360 px,but not smaller than 320x240 px, a duration of max. 6 minutes, and make them available online on a separate webpage for review and download.
Cinematheque at MediaCentre
http://cinema.nmartproject.net
http://mac.le-musee-divisioniste.org

Melbourne Comedy Fest short film festival competition
Melbourne Comedy Fest short film fest comp open, closes 19 Feb
for details http://www.comedyfestival.com.au/specialevents/shortfilmfestival/

And finally, some random youtubeness

Freehand cirlce drawers - your time as come - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAhfZUZiwSE
Beer is very important - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eW6XhFmMsuQ
Mentos bombs- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fq4SyQnT3YQ

Some random non-youtubeness
Cook up a celebrity storm! Eating like the stars ...
http://www.frankdecaro.com/site/recipes_archives_100.htm

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